2008/11/03 by M. Donaire, Donaire, M.
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paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.0811.0323
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arxiv created 2009/03/12 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01
This is the first of a series of papers devoted to develop a microscopical approach to the dipole emission process and its relation to coherent transport in random media. In this Letter, we deduce general expressions for the decay rate of spontaneous emitters and the power emission of induced dipoles embedded in homogenous dielectric media. We derive formulae which apply generically to virtual cavities and, in the continuum approximation, to small real cavities.